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The Moon on Sunday, December 26, 2055: Waxing Gibbous, 55% lit

Waxing · 55.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

8.2days

Moon phase on December 26, 2055Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 December 2055404,226 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 26, 2055, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 55.4% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
404,226 km251,174 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2055 is on Sunday, January 2, 2056 at 22:06 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 18, 2055 at 08:15 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 25, 205522:29
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 2, 205622:06

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Sunday, December 26, 2055 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 2055 to the new moon of January 16, 2056, a cycle of 29.58 days.